"A wild but not unattractive idea suddenly came to him: He would suggest that they go back to Bangor for something to eat while they waited for the moving van, and when his three hostages to fortune got out, he would floor the accelerator and drive away without so much as a look back, foot to the mat, the wagon's huge four-barrel carburetor gobbling expensive gasoline. He would drive south, all the way to Orlando, Florida, where he would get a job at Disney World as a medic, under a new name." Chapter 1, pp. 3-4

"'Lou, she's - ' "'Tired, I know.' He capped the Mercurochrome and looked grimly at his daughter. 'There. And it really didn't hurt a bit. Fess up, Ellie.' "'It does! It does hurt! It hurrrr - ' "His hand itched to slap her and he grabbed his leg hard." Chapter...